How to breed betta fish Step by step | More Detailed Easy Way Of Breeding a Betta Fish
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what is betta fish
The Betta fish, Siamese fighting fish, or betta as it’s known by its genus, is an elegant tropical freshwater fish that is popular as a pet and often housed in eclectic home aquariums. In the wild, native to areas like Cambodia and Thailand, the betta inhabits rice paddies and still watered canals.
The ones you see in pet stores are quite different too in both color and size, with wild betta fish having much smaller fins and being predominantly colored in a dull green or brown appearance.They’re a wonderful first pet to teach children the responsibility of caring for something, and are inexpensive to purchase and maintain.
Males and females look drastically different from each other, with males exhibiting the longer beautiful flowing fins. Females are much smaller in size and fin length. With proper care bettas can live anywhere from 2 to 4 years, with some owners having noted lifespans that extended into their teens. Pretty neat huh?
how to take care betta fish
Diet
A well-balanced Betta diet consists of:
A variety of flakes, pellets, freeze-dried bloodworms and frozen food to ensure complete nutrition.
Feeding
Things to remember when feeding your Betta:
Feed sparingly and no more than fish can eat in 1 to 2 minutes; overfeeding can quickly foul the water, especially in smaller, unfiltered aquariums.
Thaw frozen foods before feeding.
Baby bettas require a smaller pellet or finely crushed flake food when when feeding.
Housing
Keep in an appropriately sized aquarium. Bettas must be able to breathe from the surface of the water. They prefer water with little or no current.
Male bettas are kept individually and do best in habitats of one liter (approximately a quarter of a gallon) or larger. Male bettas can live successfully in a community tank that does not have aggressive fish (such as tiger barbs) or fish that bettas may become aggressive toward (such as fancy guppies). Female bettas may be housed with other community fish or other female bettas.
Stable water quality and parameters are critical to the health of aquatic life. If you are unsure of your water quality, Petco provides free water testing.
Characteristics
Bettas breathe from the water's surface with their labyrinth organ in addition to their gills.
Bettas will "flare" fins when threatened or disturbed and to show aggression.
Male bettas will attack other male bettas and males have also been known to attack similar-looking fish and fish with flowing fins.